A 40-year-old Richmond man was arrested Saturday after allegedly contacting a 14-year-old Fort Bragg child on Craigslist and subsequently driving to Fort Bragg for sex. Deputies were contacted about an unknown man who was attempting to interact with a Fort Bragg teenager on line via Craigslist. Deputies stepped in on October 13 and impersonated the child, exchanging emails with the man for nearly a month. Deputies identified the man as Michael Sparks, 40, from Richmond. The lewd nature and content of Sparks' e-mails indicted he meant to have sexual interaction with the teen, according to deputies. Deputies, still posing as the teen, made arrangements for Sparks to pick up the 14-year-old and have sex. Sparks was arrested at 10 a.m. November 10 after driving from Richmond to the Fort Bragg for the arranged meeting, according to deputies. During an interview after his arrest, Sparks told deputies he meant to have sex with the child. Deputies also found certain items in his possession "that would be used to facilitate that act," according to the MCSO. Sparks was arrested on suspicion of sending harmfull matter to a minor, contact with a minor to commit a lewd act and meeting with a minor for the purpose of a lewd act. Sparks was booked in the Mendocino County Jail with bail set at $50,000.